Check-In Post January 7th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

40 rows on my arm warmer. I wish I could make one for my whole body; it's so cold here, with snow forecast and temperatures barely above freezing tomorrow. Wish me luck, getting through the next couple of days won't be fun.

[smallhobbit]

Sending you as warming wishes as possible!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I really need them right now!

[shopfront]

Oh gosh, good luck <333 I hope things turn out warmer than you expect. I'd probably end up buying a hooded sleeping bag and hopping around in it like an idiot at all hours of the day or something, yikes.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. I keep trying to walk with a blanket wrapped around my legs. It's more of a shuffle though. I'm praying it won't snow, I really don't need that!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Echoing Hobbit's warm thoughts!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. I feel like a giant icicle most of the time.

[smallhobbit]

Steggy now has four legs and I began her spikes.

Ficlet: Underwater Vacation

[badly_knitted]

Yay! No more tripod, but a quadruped!

Good luck with the spikes, sdon't hurt yourself ;)

Re: Ficlet: Underwater Vacation

[smallhobbit]

Yes, she won't need to hop now!

Re: Ficlet: Underwater Vacation

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure she's glad about that!

(I really am not getting on well with Windows 10 - somehow I've ended up with a random subject heading on the comment thread that I didn't put there!)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Nice!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[shopfront]

Hit about the third way point on the first colour in my rainbow shawl and I quite like it so far but dear god this is both my least favorite of the colours and this thing is also going to take a million years to knit D: already daydreaming about what to do next/instead so I think I'll be measuring progress on this one by how many hats/mittens/socks I also finished in the same timeframe.

[badly_knitted]

It's always a good idea to have some quicker projects to work on for a change when you have a big project on the go.

Good luck with the shawl. Will we get to see pictures at some point?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Look forward to seeing pics of the shawl. Sounds pretty!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I made this two miniature felt carrots (per request from my five year old son).

[smallhobbit]

Those carrots are brilliant!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! That Minisculus picked a vegetable (out of many possibilities) meant I had to do it! They are about twice as big as the cookie, which was tiny.

[badly_knitted]

Aww, such happy winking carrots!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[bunnyboo]

I'm working on scaling a few patterns. Hopefully, I'll start sewing Saturday!

[darkcedars]

Today I learned that's called scaling! :) Good luck, hope the patterns are cooperating.

[bunnyboo]

Thanks! I sew for dolls so even if the patterns don't work out, it's not like they'll be outgrown anytime soon. :)

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! I can't even sew to save my life so I applaud you!

[darkcedars]

I'm actually working on the afghan. The other day I'd ripped out the first row of the border, because when I counted the sides were not consistent at all. I'm halfway around doing a consistent edging to be the foundation of a design.

[darkcedars]

I got all the way around. I feel like I was really nice and consistent. Will need to count, but even if I've made an error it's easy to add a stitch or two in a second round to even them up.

[badly_knitted]

*waves banners* Well done!

[badly_knitted]

*applauds* Excellent progress! You'll get it finished now you're working on it again.

[nagi_schwarz]

I managed two? Three? Rows on a new baby blanket yesterday. A lady I know mentioned she is expecting, so another baby blanket. Why not. Baby blankets are easy to work on during D&D.

[badly_knitted]

Excellent! An easy D & D project, and a gift =D